Eminem turns 50: 8 Mile star who popularized rap

Responsible for promotion hip-hop and rap Like the most popular music genres around the world, Eminem modestly celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday despite being one of the greatest icons of American music.

The rapper (born in Missouri in 1972) only shared a photo on Instagram uploaded by the label he founded, Shady Records, along with the verse “until the day comes you’ll never say I don’t kill them” (“Till the day I fall, you’ll never say I don’t kill them”), which gained more than 1 million likes in just 4 hours.

And that’s what in recent years Eminem He has been seen on several occasions, in contrast to his omnipresence in the late 90s and early 2000s when he broke sales records such as the nearly 2 million copies he shipped with his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2001) in one week or 27 million of his sequel The Eminem Show (2002) in just one year.

Eminem, pop culture icon

fingerprint verification Eminem in American pop culture, his last two public appearances: the 2020 Oscars, where he further elevated the status of the classic of his song “Lose Yourself”, the soundtrack to the movie 8 Mile, and the last intermission of the Super Bowl, dedicated to the legends of American rap .

This participation in the most popular sporting event on American television, supported by Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Sea D Mary Jay Bligehelped to completely remove the age-old accusation that he used his status as a white man to achieve mass popularity, impossible for other black artists in the world of rap.

Really the same Eminem in one of his most politically charged songs, “White America”, he realized that “if he were black, he wouldn’t sell half”.

However, half would be the dream of many: Billboard magazine, which named him Artist of the Decade in 2010, estimates his sales at over 220 million copies, with 5 consecutive number one singles and 10 singles. albums that also debuted at the top.

8 Mile Protagonist Awards

Eminem He even starred in a movie inspired by his life, 8 Mile (2002), whose title track (“Lose Yourself”) was used by the Joe Biden campaign more than 20 years after it premiered.

on their shelves Eminem can house fifteen Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame membership stamp.

However, in addition to awards and figures, the trajectory Eminem (whose original name Marshall Bruce Mathers III) showcases the lights and shadows of the most dizzying success.

After a hectic decade in which he became the voice of America’s underclass, the rapper had to end his career in order to cure his painkiller addiction. It reached a breaking point in 2007 when he was hospitalized for a methadone overdose that left him brain dead for several hours.

Having already recovered, in 2010 he released Recovery, his sixth studio album, with which he opened a new phase in which he collaborated with artists who defined this new decade, such as Rihanna and Ed Sheran.

From a more inconspicuous role and enjoying his status as an icon, Eminem entered 2020 with his latest studio album Music to Be Murdered By and compilation Curtain Call 2 released in 2022.

(According to EFE).

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